entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to be erected; to be built
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
posterity; future life; life to come
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
chief vassal; senior statesman
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to watch over; to watch attentively
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)